October 8, 2012

Before the debate, Mark Halperin said the press corps was itching to write the Romney comeback story. It turns out what they were really itching to write was the Obama-comeback-from-the-Romney-comeback story. You know, something like “How Obama reset his campaign.” … Glenn Thrush of Politico has, in fact, already written it: There’s already a “newnarrative.” A “whipsaw transformation.” Obama “was radically different Thursday—not just calm but buoyant, loose, focused.” He gripped the podium with a fresh intensity! “That’s what he does when he’s really into it,” a “top” Obama adviser revealed. …

I think this means that Obama's feeling buoyant about his ability to memorize the answers he's been given to the questions that have been planted with the SEIU members who'll be in the town-hall audience.

LOL, kcom beat me to it! Mine: "And any here should be surprised?" This can't even be classed as a volte face on the MSM's part, all they did was temp hesitate and regroup--all pretty intuitively obvious..

To the extent the MSM was forced to admit the obvious in declaring Romney the winner they did so with all the sincerity of the unrepentant, ducked-down, squint-eyed look Sylvester gives when forced to spit out Tweety (all right, all right..)

Obama should simply delegate to his script writers his place on the podium for the next debate. Might give him a chance at winning. After all isn't affirmative action nothing more than handicapping a debate?

sunsong said...I thought that was so funny - I read it to my 91 year old mother. She said Obama's gripping the podium with renewed intensity so that no one can take it from him - lol

I wonder if Obama is going to have a special emblem on his podium for when he leaves office. It'd say something like "Former President of the United States", like that President Elect emblem back in 2008. Of course, the podium would have a Teleprompter permanently installed. I doubt he can have a bowel movement without referring to a Teleprompter.

Obama will do well enough in the bullshit town hall format. This leaves the final debate, foreign policy, for Romney's opportunity to deliver the coup de grace. But the final debate can go either way because of the inherent bullshit factor in foreign policy.

Martha Raddatz, Moderator: Welcome to the second presidential debate. We'll take our first question from audience member Tony:

Tony: Mr. President, I was just wondering what it felt like to kill Osama bin Laden with your bare hands.

The President: Well, Tony, first let me say that I didn't do it all by myself, or with my bare hands. I had a lotta help from my combat buddies, Seal Team 6, as well as the hard-working Americans-who-follow-the-rules-and-deserve-a-fair-share at Armalite, proud makers of the AR-15 assault rifle (my weapon of choice), located in the great state of Illinois! [crowd cheers, chants "Ill-i-nois! Ill-i-nois!"]

Raddatz Thank you, Mr. President. And now a question for Mr. Romney, from Julia:

Julia: Mr. Romney, during your time as governor you were in command of the Massachusetts National Guard. Now, we know that members of certain National Guard units were involved in the atrocities at Abu Ghraib. Would you care to explain why you didn't do more to prevent those atrocities from happening?

Harry Rosen, the Princeton prof is calling Obama a liar. Like I said yesterday when Obama and his minions call Romney a liar, watch out they are projecting. These are fucking bastards willfully distorting and lying about Romney.

Yep, the only question who will be the first journolister to drag out the hoary old "Comeback Kid" cliche to describe Obama.

There won't be a recognizable "first" on this. That's the point of being a journolister: giving the appearance of a plethora of journalists all independently coming to the same conclusion simultaneously, to give it the weight of consensus.

America would be a better place if more Democrats were like Kaus. In addition to honestly debating issues instead of spewing hate, you could put him in charge of something knowing he wouldn't abuse his authority to pervert the law. He's what left leaning libertarians hope to fuse with.

Unfortunately when he ran against Barbara Boxer a common "criticism" of him was to claim he was no different than Republicans.

Barack Obama is a ninja, and we just need to acknowledge the MSM's very insightful reporting of his superior ninjutsu skills. Do you know the man who was master to Splinter's owner/trainer, Hamato Yoshi? Barack Obama. Bet you didn't know that. Baracky is ultimately responsible for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles saving us all from the Shredder and Krang.

What is lost on all of this is the enthusiasm among Republicans and Conservatives.

Prior to the debate there was a lot of internal sniping - the kind of sniping that makes you lose. It was awful.

Now after the debate performance, the sniping is completely gone. INstead, Romney supporters are on an all out attack on Obama as it should be... as if their candidate is all good. Now democrats are sniping...

This is the real benefit of the debate performance and it will last up to the election in donations, and motivation to turn out voters.

Fake it until you make it always was Obama's plan aided and abetted by the MSM.

But the truth is afoot and the MSM cannot put humpty dumpty back together again.

The question now is whether the EU and China attack the dollar's value the day after Romney wins but before his swearing in thus creating the mass civil unrest that has been their strategy for the last 2 years.

Huey P. Long has nothing on our modern"main stream press". Huey famously said he could sell high cockalowrum at one end of the state of Louisiana, and spout low cockahighrum at the other end of the state.

The New York Times, the "journolists", the WaPo people would put Huey to shame. Hey whatever BS we can spout today is just fine--even if it contradicts what we said yesterday--and tomorrow.